Rail fastener



Patemediely 9, 194e l Y 'e 2,207,262

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE `aan. ms'rENEnv Cyrus H.Loutrel, South Orange, N. J., assignor' to The National Lock Washer Company, Newark, N. J.

A pplication October 11,1939, Serial No. 299,025

'somme (c1. zas-349) This invention relates to means for holding ably, the end of the fastener is curved upwardly rails to railroad cross-ties. in the form of a lip Il which engages the flange As a train passes over the track, there is what 2 of the rail. e I may be termed a wave motion set up in the rails, While I have shown only one fastener, another' 5 the amount of this motion depending uponthe may be used in reverse position on the opposite 5 weight and speed of the cars as they pass over side of the cross-tie B. Furthermore, it will be the rails, this motion being transmitted to the obvious that one or two of the fasteners may be cross-ties supporting the rails. Where the rails used on the inside flange of the rail. are fastened to wooden cross-ties by spikes, the From the construction described, it will be strain set upinthe rails tends to loosen the spikes seen Athat ythe fastener per se is made of one 10 and exposes the wood around the spikes to the piece ofmaterial and does not require to be fasweather and other elements which accelerate the tened to the cross-tie so that no time and deterioration of the cross-ties. labor is lost in performing operations on the It has been found, particularly with presentcross-tie or the fastener to make the attachment day rail traic, that rails cannotv be secured to between the two. B-y slipping one end of the 15 the cross-ties so that there will be no relative fastener underneath the cross-tie, the `maximum motion between them. Therefore, it has been reactive cooperation is obtained between the proposed to fasten the rails to the cross-ties cross-tie and the rail.

through some more or less resilient means, and :What I claim is:l

many types of resilient rail fasteners have been l. A rail fastener comprising a Spring member 20 proposed, and it is this type of resilient fastener having; an arm extending under a rail-bed crosste which my present invention is directed. f tie, a portion extending from the arm upwardly Many of the resilient forms of fasteners go into along the side of said cross-tie and terminating the tie or are directly fastened thereto, or have generally in a reverse bend, rst passing lensione end of the fastener attached to the rail tietudinally over a tie-plate and then transversely "5 plate which, in turn, is fastened or held to the over and int-0 engagement with the base anee cross-tie by spikes or screws driven or screwed 0f the l"ail- 'mto the Cross-tie, 2. A rail fastener comprising a spring member It is the principal object of my invention to having; an aImGXSIldIlg under a rail-bed crossprovide a construction which will produce maxitie, a lUOFtOl eXteDdng ffOIl the arm upwardly 30 mum cooperative relation between the resilient along the Side 0f Sad CIOSS-te terminating fastener and the rail cross-tie, and my improved generally vin a IBVSTS@ bend, TS Passing OD- form of rail fastener and its application will be gtll-dnally OVel a tie-plate and then transversereadily understood by reference to the annexed 1y and dOWYlWaldly OVGI the base flange 0f the drawing wherein; rail and having a curved lip engaging the base 35 Figure 1 is a side view of the outside portion al'lg@ 0f the railof a rail, the cross-tie bar or sleeper being shown 3- A Ial fastener Comprising a flat Spring in elevation. having its central portion adapted to lie along Figure 2 is a cross-section through the rail of the Side, 0f a Tail @FOSS-tie, With 011e end bent Figure 1 in front of the fastener and the cross- 130 extend Under the tie and its other and be'll 40 tie. to pass over a part of the rail tie-plate, 'and then As shown in the drawing, I is a section @f al over and into engagement with the ange of the rail having a flange 2 adapted to rest on a tie- Tail baseplate 3 which in turn is fastened to a wooden 4:- A I'al fastener COmDrSIlg a flat Spring havcross-tie or sleeper 6 by means of suitable spikes ing tS Central POT'OYl adapted 170 lie alOng the 45 4 and 5. The rail l is held in place onV the tie.- side of a rail cross-tie, with one end bent to plate 3 by means 0f a. resilient member prefer.. extend under the tie and its other end bent t0 amy in the ferm er e net piece of metal suitable pass over a part 0f the rail vie-plate, and then for taking a spring temper. The fastener has a twisted through an angle so as to pass over the central portion l which passes upwardly along Hang@ 0f the I'al base and terminating in a lip the side of the cross-tie 6. 'Ihe fastener also has adapted to gripthe said flange. an end 8 bent over to pass under the cross-tie 5. A rail fastener comprising a flat spring hav- 6 while its upper end terminates in a reverse ing its central portion extending alongside a bend, the rst bend 9 passing somewhat longicross-tie with one end adapted to pass under the 5 tudinally along the length of the tie-plate 3, and cross-tie and the other end formed to engage the 55 then the portion IB is bent and twisted over and railbasev flange. down across the ange 2 of the rail I. Prefer- CYRUS I-I. LOUTREL. 

